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Reflecting Andy Burnham’s well publicised vision, announced earlier this year, to make Manchester a world-leading digital hub, there will be considerable interest from widespread attending digital and business communities.

He will appear at 12.25pm followed by a short Q&A on stage seven.

The Smarter Business Tech LIVE expo brings together more than 80 hours of invaluable insight, educational and demonstration-based presentations delivered by more than 150 specialist speakers over two information-packed days.

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For the keynote presentations, global technology leaders, including IBM, SAP, Microsoft, Fujitsu, Oracle NetSuite, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Vodafone and Hootsuite, are joined by a host of top ‘global influencers’ across the Sales, Marketing , IT, Financial and Business Operational Management spectrum.

Ian Stone, managing director of UK Industry Events said: "We’re delighted that Mayor Andy Burnham will be attending this week and have the opportunity to reinforce Manchester’s digital hub vision, in an environment packed with influential business & technology stakeholder groups.”